Camping-wagon.



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` CAMPING WAGON.

APPLICATIGN FILED Ffa. 19, 191s. i 1,280,840.` Patented Oct. 8, 1918.

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EDWARD W. REID, 4or DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

CAMlVPINGLWAGON.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD W. REID, Va citizen of the United States, residing at De-` troit, count-y of Wayne, State of Michigan, 'l have invented a certain new and useful Iniproveiiient in CaInping-'Vagons, and declare the following to he a. full, clear, and exact description o-f the saine, such as will enable 4others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being -had to the accompanying drawings7V which form a part of this specifieation.

i This linvention relates to camping wagons or the like and its object is to provide a vehicle adapted to heused as a trailer for an automobile and that may be readily set up as a tent to provide a sleeping or eating conipartinent as readilyas an ordinary tent of like. capacity, and the'invention further consists in'ithe arrangement 'of a Wagon body y land a framework that may be readily taken down and stored in the wagon body. A further object of the invention isto provide a knock-down telit construction in coinbilnatiorV'niith a' wa ori-body ada ted to detachably support tie same, anc a pair of i 11F beds in' hinged relation with the body adapted to be folded thereovei when not in `lise,".and to be folded, outwardly therefrom 'when in use,- and adapted to support tlie'tent Walls on each sigle. Wheirthns outwardly Supported the body of the Wagon provides an aisle-Way between thehbeds providing am ple space for ingress andegress. Another object of the invention is to provide a vehicle `of theycharacter stated having a body of a `form adapted for the. purpose. ofstoring *the several detachable parts and further `provided with a cupboard ariangei'nent at one end thereof fon/the storage of cooking uten- `sils and .the like. The length of the body from "the eupboard'to the outward end` oi the wagon is sufficient to receive thepoles used in erecting the tent. These and other 'objects and several 'novel features of the-inly i `y'ention are hereinafter inoi'e fully described drawing in which;d

Figure' 1 is a longitudinal section of a 'camping Wagon embodying my invention taken 'oil line m-w of Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a cross-section' takenon line and claimed and shown in the accompanying' A) -z-'z of 'Fig'. l, 'showing the parts as assem i 'bled for use as a tent.

parte folded and o'red 4for transportation.l

4Fig. 3 visfasiinilar section showing the Specification of Letters Patent.

Similar characters refer-to similar parts tl'iroughout the` drawing a nd specification.

The ruiming gear tor the wagon may be. oi any approved type but l preferably employ a single pair ,of wheels l on the axle 2,

`on which the body 3 is supported by springs *si oi the usual type.

As indicated in cross section in Fig. 2, `the box or body provided with the upright side men'ibers .5, 5, and seat-boards (i, are provided at the upper edge thereof ruiming longitudinally of the box. These seat members are supported by the brackets 7, several of which are provided on' eachside. At ea'eh end. as is indicated in Figs. 2, 3 and 4, the seatboards are provided with hinge members 8, to which the side of the adjacent bed il is hingedly secured in each instance.. These bed frames are foldable over the wagon body when in. use, and the hinged` bed frame on the right hand side of the drawing in Fig. i). or 3, is higher than that on the opposite side in order that one frame may fold over the other. The bed frames and seatboards are about feet in length while the wagon body is` somewhat longer provid-f ing a. space for a eupimard l() at the frontof the vehicle.y which is preferably formed with an upper and a lower compartment. The lower compartment `is provided with doors 11 and the upper compartment is provided y vides a table.

Patented Oct. 8, 1918. Application filed February 19, 1916. Serial No. 79.23.

s indicated in liigf, which in con- Junction with the. top 'of the clipboard pro` stamiard 15 is provided centrally oi the cupboard at'ihe frontend,

as indicated more clearly inFig. f1, for the purpose hereinafter stated. {As shown in Fig; l, tho box is provided with a tail board it having a portiony17 extending at ariglit angle therefrom providing a step Whenthe end board is turned to position asshown iii f ull lines in Fig. 1, and which .may befolded up'to the position shown 4by dotted lines in the said figure to 'close the and of the Wagon box. This tail boardr when in closed posi is 4salpported on the upright 15 above nien tioned on the cupboard. The free sides oi the two bed frames are thus suplaorted whenV folded, and also when in Isueh folded relation for1n a cover for the wagon box in which may be placed the e-anvah' for the tent'and the poles used in ert-xctionthercof.

Near thev front and rear ends, the seat boards (arefhtprovided with aperture4 18, preferably rectangular in form,and beneath these apertures and attached to the side ot' the wagon'body near each end and on each eide are sockets 19. The poles 2O for snpporting the, tent are inserted through thes'e apertures 18 into the sockets 19 and are thereby held Securely. vThe upper ende of these! poles 20 are provided with pins` ae with the usual tent pole, and between each two front and two rear poles 20 on opposite sides of the box is a strut member 21 apertured to receive the pole pins. An upright 22 is provided at thecenter of this strut member as indicated iu Fig. 2. Horizontal members extend longitudinally ot'` the wagon body between two side polea 2() on each side of the. vehicle. and a 'ridge pole 2-1 is provided extending between the two uprights 21 of the struts at the front and back.

The outer side frame of each bed when ex tended as shown in Fig. 4, is provided with apertures 25 adapted to receive Short aide poles or wall supports 26, the endel ol which are insertible in the apertures` and through an eye in the tent. or @over at the upper end. The lowereide of these outer side trames of the lbed are alro apertured at. eaeh outer Corner of the bed to receive a pin in the ends of a supporting rod 27 as may he uiulerstoiid particularly from Fig. 2-, whieh rods supporl the bed frames in horizontal position.

To prevent the. wagon body troni oscillating on the axle of the trueh when de.-

.tached from the propelling vehicle, a Hupport 30 may be used ou the trailer tongue 3l and the,ste,p member 16 niav be .provided withone or more standards 32 and thul the '-Withthe framework set up as indicated a eanvaseover 40 lnay bestretched over the -longitudinal members 23 and 21, the canvas being provided with eyes, at least, at-the .center to engage over pins carried at eaeh end of. the longitudinal member 24 as is usual in tenteonstlruetion, The. canvas n'eir the wall may: also b ejprovirde'd"with an eye throngliwhich tlie -upp e'r end of the` rods 26 may elfrtend,l 'and a Hap is provided at the edge -to which ropesftl may be secured to stretch the canvas ti htly in place, the other endsblftheropesflot here shown) beingV se'eurdfv-to-fan ordinary" tent peg: in the ground. .A'fy inelnber may also bepmvided extendin over the'tent portion 4U, which ina-y also e guided by ropes lf3.

ln Fig. 1, l; have shown the tent structure as extending only to the cupboard l() in front, but by 'arranging for the forward frames 2O to be set at the forward edge olf the eupboard, the tent may be made to cover the entire box.A 'lhe end wall of thc tent cover may also be formed to extendover the cupboard as ina-y be understood troni the dotted lines in Fig. 1. The tent is to be understood as being llfn'ovided with the usual end walls open at the back of the vehicle .which forme the front of the tent when erected. The end board 16 turns downward providing a step as before stated to enable the. tent to be readily entered and,.withthe beds extended as Shown in Fig. 2, 'the open wagon body provides an aisleway` between the beds giving i'ree access tothe-eupboard t5r` at the front and seat boards Gon which the oeeupante may rait. The beds 9 being se cured b v the hingel on one side and supported by the polee- 2T at the outer edge are eecurelv held, and the whole. fox-nie a unique'o sleeping conipartnnnit shielding the oeeupants,I from inclement. weather, one that i5 readilyv available for use as an eating or sleeping compartment and that may be readily taken down and stored for transportation 'inet-he supl'lorting vehicle. In storing' the parts for transportation the several poles 2t). 21, 23, 24, 26 and 2T are placed in the bottoni ofthe box. The bedding may then be placed on top ol these and also the canvas tent covering folded and stored after which the. bed t'ranies t) are folded thereover the end board being folded to upright position asa Shown b v dotted liners in Fig. 1. making a tannpact aud not unaightlb vehicle 'toruee an' a trailer. The ily 42 may be need as a coveigever the top of the bed trainee przutticall)Y covering the entire body of the vehicle. i By this arrangement of the several parte'. the ereetioi'i of the deviee for use. 'as xtent is as simple as with the usual-*tent-,etion. Furthermore the Search foi" place onwhich to erect a teig; and as the feds are a consideri' above the ground, the ooeupan eonnuoded by the` condi" or the dainpness thereof of preparing a iuiniinuin. i

Havingtliu/briefiy describen" 1L jei'i- 12()4 tion, its utility and eonStrnejgi-onf.' what I elailn and desiref ofeee'ure liv/Lettejlatent ofthe United States ls- 'j '1. Acainping Wagon In ,rising a wagon box-having horizontal et 'ird extendinglzj- 'longitudinally thereof aboie the bottom of the box, a. bed frame hingedly seeted toiv the outer edge of each seat board adapted tol beextended in a horizontal plane therewith or folded vover the box, m eans for support-713e ing the bed frames when in the extended relation, a knock-down framework comprising poles adapted to he detaebably Secured to the wagon box an'd to the bed 4trainers in a veitieal position, horizontal members extending between. said poles longitudinally ol the wagon box, and a eanvasweorering ot' tent like form adapted to be stretched over the :framework thus provided.

Q. A camping wagon comprising an -open box having horizontal side members providing seats extending longitudinally thereof above the bottom of the box, a bed frame liingedly seein-ed alongl one edge to the outer edge of eaeh side member and adapted to be foldedI thereover and over the box or turned to extended relation i-n a plane with the respective eidemeniber, supports :for the freel sides of the frames when extended consisting of poete detachably secured to the lower side thereof, a series of vertitall)7 positioned poles detachably mounted on the box and on the bed frames, the open box providing an aisle way between the beds When extended, anda reeeptaole for poles and the .ke when the bed frames are folded thereorer, and a canvas covering of tent like forni adapted to be stretched over the poles when erected.

'l. A camping wagon comprising a Wagon box, a bed frame pivotally secured to eac-h longitudinalside thereof above the bottom ot' the box and adapted to be folded thereorei' and one over the other providing with the box a reeeptaele'for material, supports for vthe said frames When in extended relation, vertical side and end poles adapted to be detaehahly Secured to the outer edge of the bed frames and to the Wagon box on4 the upper side, horizontal members extending longitudinally of the box between the vertical end poles providing therewith a knockdown Skeleton frame, anda canvas Cover adapted to be stretched thereorer.

v4:. A camping Wagon comprising an open wagon box, a hinged end gate therefor of a form to provide a Step for enterini the wagon when in open at the forward end of t e box extending substantially the full Width thereof, seat oards above tlie bottoni of tliewagon box a d extending longitudinally at each sidejzhereof terminating at the cupboard, a bed frame losition, a cup `oard hingedl)r .secured to the'outer edge of each seat board adapted to told over the box back of the cupboard or to a horizontal plane with Il the seat board, detachable supporting poles for supporting the free edge of .the bed frames from the grouiid, a skeleton framework for erection on the box and the upper eide of the bed frames, a support at the rear ot the cupboard for supporting one end of the bed frames when foldded over the box` the said endgate and step arrangement providing a Support for the opposite end of the bed trainee when folded, and a tent like cured to eaeh seat board adapted to be fold- 10 ed thereover and one over the other, Sup-. ports for the outer edges of the bed frames when extended, the seat boards having an aperture near eaeh end thereof. a pole socket on the box beneath each aperture, poles l5 adapted. to be, inserted through the apertures and in the Sockets, a strut member extending between each pair of directly opposite poles, horizontal members extending longitudinally ot-vthe Wagon eaeh Connecting the I0 series of poles on one Side otfe wagon box,

a ridge pole extending longitudinalltT between the strut members, Wall poles adapted for insertion in sockets on the 'upper Side of each outer longitudinal side member of l! the ,bed frames, and a canvas cover adapted to .be stretched, over the framework and wall roble G. A camping wagon adapted for use as a tra-iler eoniprieing a single two-wheeled truck, a wagon body mounted thereon, an

' end gate hingedly secured thereto providing a step when in yopen position, a standard on saidete adtn'rted toeontaet the ground, a trailer ongue, a standard or support thereon also adapted to eontaetl the ground, the two ground'contacte` preventing 4oscillation of the body about the axle, a knock-down framework for the body, and a tent covering for said framework..

In.testimony whereo-LI sig-nthis specification.

EDWARD lYV, REID. 

